THE CHURCH.
XXXVII.
LOVE.
Let brethren cease of party names to speak—
Of party strife—have vanished “Jew and Greek:”
Sweet Peace appear, and Love thy seat maintain,
That holy Love, which chief in heaven doth reign.
XXXVIII.
“FORWARD.”
Advance, advance, ye hosts of God,
Unfurl the standard stained with blood:
Soon shall ye wave the palm on high.
Soon raise the shout of “victory,”
And chaplets wear that never die—
The world is yours!
XXXIX.
THE MIGHTY NAME.
Emmanuel’s name
Shall win wider fame,
Through vales and o’er hills it shall sound:
Great Jericho’s wall,
Before it shall fall;
The trumpets re-echo around.
XL.
COMING TO ZION.
All tribes and tongues together come,
The scattered Jews and Gentiles, home;
Throughout the host a chorus runs,
Of special praise for Ethiop sons.
Hark, hark! the tide of song,
Rolls onward from the throng:
Soon Zion shall obtain
The purchase of Messiah’s pain.
XLI.
“ABIDE WITH US.”
Fix a dwelling, Lord, in Goshen—
Shall thine Israel be denied?
From thy shining exaltation,
Deign to bow, and here abide:
Dwell among thy pilgrim people,
Where the tribes to praise Thee come,
Nor depart, Redeemer, from us,
Till the final day of doom.
XLII.
THE HOUSE OF GOD.
In thine abode
Sweet peace and gladness reign;
While left below
My soul would here remain:
Among thy sons
Whom sacred wisdom guides,
Within whose breast
The love of God presides.
Here milk and wine
To cheer the fainting flow,
And living streams
That whiter make than snow.
Unto all men
The wisdom, Lord, be given,
To seek thy house,
And learn the work of heaven.
XLIII.
COMMENCEMENT OF WORSHIP.
He who darts the wingèd lightning,—
Walks upon the foaming wave,—
Send forth arrows of conviction
Here,—exert his power to save:
Burst the bars of Satan’s prison:
Snatch the firebrand from the flame,
Fill the doubting with assurance:
Teach the dumb to sing His name!
XLIV.
ZION ASLEEP.
O that now mine eyes were fountains,
That I night and day might weep,
To see Zion in the desert,
On her journey gone asleep.
In its sin the wide world lying,
Zion halted—sleeping fast:
With thy breath to wake the valley,
Come, eternal Spirit, haste!
Zion, wake! O hear the groaning
Of the earth beneath her wrong;
Time it is that thou wert stirring,
Why, O why hast slept so long?
Slumbered hast thou many ages,
And thy Lord account hath kept:
Shall thy foes say, Zion, Zion!
“None, as thou, so long hath slept!”
XLV.
“SAVE, LORD.”
Rescue Zion for thy praise,
From affliction:
Are not these the promised days
Of salvation?
Lo, thy servants for her sake,
Weep before Thee,
And their hearts with longing break:—
Lord, have mercy!
XLVI.
“THY KINGDOM COME.”
To all the tribes of earth,
Send, Lord, thy gospel forth,
From sea to sea:
Soon may the heathen come
Unto thy sacred home;
Nor ever, ever roam
From thine, and Thee.
XLVII.
DAWN.
It shall not long remain,
This dark tempestuous night;
Not long doth Christ ordain,
To bear the cross, and fight:
Behold the herald Dawn appear,
Auspicious morn is drawing near.